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Main Title: Paradise of quacks : an alternative history of medicine in Australia / Philippa Martyr. Book Cover
Author: Martyr, Philippa.
Imprint: Macleay Press, 2002.
Collation: 394 p. : ill., hbk, ; 24 cm.
Summary: Introduction. Meet Dr. Quack -- 1. "Not much professional skill", 1788-1837 -- 2. The paradise of quacks, 1837-1886 -- 3. The empire strikes back, 1886-1914 -- 4. War and law, 1914-1960 -- 5. Alternatives and complements, 1960-2000 -- Glossary of terms.
Subject: Historiography.
Medicine
Folk medicine
Traditional medicine
Australia
ISBN: 1876492066 1876492074
Notes:
Includes index.
Result Collection Location Shelf No Status Notes
Non-Fiction Main Library 610 MAR On Loan